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FauxtoGuy
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April 11, 2022
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Can't highlight text in PDF File in Acrobat Pro

  • April 11, 2022
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I have a PDF file exported from financial statements (Saved in Safari to PDF)

Can't understand why the highlighter tool is so UNINTUITIVE!

I see comments about enabling PDF/A mode (!) My only options in Prefs are: 

-Only for PDF/A docs

-Never

So I don't know if the file has PDF/A enabled -?

Is there not a SIMPLE WAY to use the highlight text tool?

I select the highlighter in tool bar. Then I select text, but the text does not highlight.

Such a seemingly simple operation!

(No, this is NOT a scaned doc)

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gary_sc
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gary_scCommunity Expert
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April 11, 2022

Hi FauxtoGuy,

 

Can you please take a screenshot of what you're trying to do? This should work, and it might help if we knew what you were trying to do and where. There should not be a limitation of highlighting only PDF/A documents, and even if the document was scanned, as long as it's been OCRed, it should also be highlightable.

 

This is what I use for highlighting text. Is this what you are trying to work with?

 

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FauxtoGuyAuthor
Inspiring
April 11, 2022

Thanks.

I have selected the Highlight Text Tool. Then I select text. This is what appears just above the selected text:

The text is not highlighted (yellow is what I would prefer).

What about PDF/A? Does a file need to be PDF/A to add highlighting? 

gary_sc
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gary_scCommunity Expert
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April 11, 2022

OK, good. 

 

Now go to the far right side of where the Highlight tool, you'll see a PIN and "maybe" a colored dot. That dot is a dropdown menu to select the color and THE OPACITY. Check out what the opacity is.

 

Let us know,

 

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